Dictionary Component or source code that can check in multiple languges

Question

We are developing an application in which we need to implement spell checking for Indic languages that use ANSI fonts (not UNICODE)

I am looking for a Dictionary Component or Source Code that will allow:

• To maintain separate dictionaries like for example Legal, commercial, etc.
• Support more than one language
• If possible to allow developer to set parsing parameters so that we as developers can determine as to how given text should be broken down in words
• Support Addition of words to dictionary (should maintain separate dictionary and not modify original dictionary)
• Support custom dialog box so we can design our own dialog box (if required)
• Should be able to distinguish case of characters meaning it should not consider cascade and Cascade as same (if possible). There should be some kind of parameters that will allow us to enable/disable this feature

If this dictionary can check spellings in another Windows App that would be an added advantage.

Please guide me.

Answer 1

You should split spellchecker core system and your UI.

So, in your application, you should add any dialog boxes and configuration. Spellchecker core just works with plain text and returns list or errors with suggestions.

There are dozens of open-source spellchecker core implementations. You can even use online services like Google's one (look at Google Wave videos).

Answer 2

As the link in the comment suggest, I would look at Addict component suite and plus pack. Dictionary wizard provide way of creating specialized dictionaries. There's also APIs "allowing for text parsing, dictionary lookup, text corrections, misspelling suggestions, thesaurus contexts and more."

Addict was written and designed from the ground up to be as robust and flexible as possible. Developers have complete API access to all of Addict's core features, including main dictionaries, control parsers, parsing engine, entities to ignore while parsing, custom dictionaries, suggestions generation, thesaurus file, and much more.